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Successes in Multi-Sectoral Nutrition: Sharing Lessons Learned from SPRING/Ghana
Oct 2017
SPRING/Ghana hosted a learning event to share important lessons and celebrate accomplishments in improving maternal and child nutrition in the country from 2014-2017.
Several men and women cut the ribbon in front of the new nut roasting machine.
SPRING Helps Launch Groundnut Roaster as Part of Public-Private Partnership Between USAID and Hershey
Sep 2017
SPRING supported the public-private partnership between USAID and Hershey’s, launching a groundnut roaster to produce health foods for Ghanaian children.
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SPRING Develops New National Anemia Profiles Providing a Snapshot of Country Anemia Landscapes
Aug 2017
SPRING released five new National Anemia Profiles and updated profiles for Ethiopia, Ghana, and Peru.
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SPRING/Ghana Partners With Cash Transfer Program to Help Break the Cycle of Poverty
Jul 2017
SPRING/Ghana is maximizing chances for achieving more results from its multi-sectoral nutrition programs by prioritizing implementation in LEAP 1,000 communities.
A group of fathers sits in chairs under a tree while one man uses a flip chart of good health behaviors to conduct a training.
Supporting Fathers and Empowering Families in Ghana
Jun 2017
Father-to-Father support groups encourage men to take an active role in the health and nutrition of their families.
SPRING, GHS training of District Health Staff on anemia curriculum in Tamale. Taken during a session on iron-, vitamin A- and vitamin C-rich food.
Ghana’s Northern Region is Training to Fight Anemia
Apr 2017
SPRING/Ghana is supporting the Ghana Health Service in building the capacity of its health workers and community health volunteers of the Northern Region to tackle the major public health problem of...
VSLA group members purchasing shares.
SPRING/Ghana Adopts VSLAs to Economically Empower Women
Apr 2017
SPRING/Ghana uses VSLAs so mother-to-mother support groups can improve their economic status with savings and loans to meet immediate needs.
OFSP_MTMSG members in Tatale District display their Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) yields
SPRING/Ghana Promotes the Consumption of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes and Fortified Maize
Mar 2017
SPRING/Ghana is promoting the cultivation and consumption of OFSP and fortified maize as a way of improving vitamin A consumption among 1,000 day households.
DATA training of trainers participants
SPRING/Ghana Trains Regional- and District-level Trainers on the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)
Mar 2017
SPRING/Ghana conducted a training of trainers workshop for district-level trainers to implement the District Assessment Tool for Anemia.
Groundnut shellers
Distributing Nut Shellers to Reduce Women’s Labor in Northern Ghana
Mar 2017
SPRING is distributing nut shellers to communities in Northern Ghana as a demonstration of their ability to save labor for female groundnut and shea nut farmers.
Farmers from Mother to Mother Support Group of the Gbeozua Community, Bawku West District, Upper East Region, share their joy at the result of adopting SPRING’s program that introduced vitamin A enriched maize for cultivation in order to improve the diet of the 1,000 day households.
USAID Visit Highlights SPRING/Ghana’s 1,000-day Household Program in Northern Ghana
Nov 2016
SPRING/Ghana hosted a visit from USAID/Ghana and USAID/ DC staff to program sites on November 1–2, 2016.
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SPRING/Ghana Presents WASH 1,000 at the 39th Annual Water Engineering and Development Centre Conference
Aug 2016
SPRING/Ghana’s WASH 1,000 approach was featured in a presentation and poster session at the annual WEDC conference.
Presentations at MTT Meeting
SPRING Presents at Ghana’s Micronutrient Task Team Meeting
May 2016
SPRING presents anemia landscape analysis findings and guides efforts on anemia training and IFA operational research at the Micronutrient Task Team meeting in Ghana
Man having test done on hemoglobin levels
SPRING Holds HemoCue® Training of Trainers Workshop in Tamale, Ghana
May 2016
SPRING builds capacity of master trainers on the use of HemoCue® devices to carry out training of frontline health workers.
U.S. Ambassador Jackson engages with Kasuliyili CHPS Compound staff on available health services.
U.S. Ambassador meets with Health Facility Representatives in Kasuliyili
Apr 2016
U.S. Ambassador Jackson visits the community-based health planning and services compound in Kasuliyili
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Moving the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Agenda Forward in West Africa
Jan 2016
Multi-Sectoral Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, West Africa shares research and experience in multi-sectoral nutrition programming.
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SPRING Project Year 4 Annual Report
Jan 2016
At the close of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project’s fourth year of implementation, the project continued to reach a growing number of...
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For World Toilet Day, SPRING Recognizes the Importance of Good Hygiene in Nutrition
Nov 2015
Through its WASH activities, SPRING is building awareness of how nutrition and hygiene are connected
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SPRING/Ghana Conducts Nutrition Commodities Supply Chain Assessment
Apr 2015
SPRING/Ghana, with the Ghana Health Service and the USAID | DELIVER Project, assessed the supply chain system for nutrition commodities.
In suite is Minister of Agriculture (Fiifi Kwettey) interacting with Fiona Edwards her team about SPRING/Ghana
SPRING/Ghana Joins Other USAID Feed the Future Partners in a “Collaborating for Results” Meeting
Apr 2015
SPRING/Ghana joined other USAID Feed the Future partners, donor agencies, private sector representatives, government, and other development partners in a two-day meeting dubbed “Collaborating for...